Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 05, 2026

Bayer S.A.S.

57 pending office actions • 29 art units • 53 examiners • 0 of 57 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 66 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

57
Total Pending OAs
33
Non-Final OAs
24
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
8
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
5
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (5)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

1
Hard (2%)
31
Medium (54%)
8
Easy (14%)
17
Unknown (30%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only23 (40%)
§102 only5 (9%)
§112 only5 (9%)
Double-patenting only3 (5%)
Double-patenting + other3 (5%)
No statute on record17 (30%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

41
Life Sciences
72% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
4% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
9
Business / Other
16% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

570 h
Manual time on pending OAs
114 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
200 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIN, JESSICA YIFANG 2 77.8% -5.0%
TIEN, LUCY MINYU 2 61.8% +36.2%
MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 2 58.7% +10.2%
NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE 2 57.3% +45.3%
HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY 1
KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1 50.0% +53.3%
HO, ALLEN C 1 86.9% +17.6%
ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN 1 45.5% +60.0%
KUCHARCZK, JED A 1 79.6% +16.9%
KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1 62.9% +51.6%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18573793 FEDERATED REPRESENTATION LEARNING WITH CONSISTENCY REGULARIZATION STARKS, WILBERT L

Interview Candidates (11)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18684543 SUBSTITUTED 1,2,4-THIADIAZOLYL NICOTINAMIDES, SALTS OR N-OXIDES THEREOF AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES TIEN, LUCY MINYU 36d overdue
17996550 2-(HET)ARYL-SUBSTITUTED CONDENSED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES AS PEST CONTROL AGENTS NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE 19d
17310754 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REPELLING BIRDS IN CROP PLANTS MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 34d
18549497 CHIRAL N-(1,3,4-OXADIAZOLE-2-YL)PHENYL CARBOXYLIC ACID AMIDES AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDES TIEN, LUCY MINYU 70d
18722189 COMBINATION OF AN A2-ADRENOCEPTOR SUBTYPE C (ALPHA-2C) ANTAGONIST WITH A NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF SLEEP APNEA KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE
18719441 SPECTROSCOPIC SOLUTION FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE QUANTIFICATION OF ONE OR MORE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES IN A MATRIX COMPRISING COATING AND BULK MATERIAL IN A SAMPLE, SUCH AS COATED SEEDS, USING MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS HO, ALLEN C
18719447 USE OF ISOXAZOLINECARBOXAMIDE FOR SPROUT INHIBITION ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN
18713916 BIS(HETERO)ARYL THIOETHER OXADIAZINES AS FUNGICIDAL COMPOUNDS KUCHARCZK, JED A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1626 5
1625 5
1612 5
1611 2
1624 2
1621 2
1616 2
1614 2
1699 2
1627 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18977509 GENERATING SYNTHETIC REPRESENTATIONS HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2024
18840591 PREDICTION OF A REPRESENTATION OF AN EXAMINATION AREA OF AN EXAMINATION OBJECT IN A STATE OF A SEQUENCE OF STATES LIN, JESSICA YIFANG §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18840596 PREDICTION OF REPRESENTATIONS OF AN EXAMINATION AREA OF AN EXAMINATION OBJECT AFTER APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF A CONTRAST AGENT LIN, JESSICA YIFANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18722189 COMBINATION OF AN A2-ADRENOCEPTOR SUBTYPE C (ALPHA-2C) ANTAGONIST WITH A NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF SLEEP APNEA KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18719441 SPECTROSCOPIC SOLUTION FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE QUANTIFICATION OF ONE OR MORE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES IN A MATRIX COMPRISING COATING AND BULK MATERIAL IN A SAMPLE, SUCH AS COATED SEEDS, USING MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS HO, ALLEN C 2884 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18719447 USE OF ISOXAZOLINECARBOXAMIDE FOR SPROUT INHIBITION ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN 1615 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18713916 BIS(HETERO)ARYL THIOETHER OXADIAZINES AS FUNGICIDAL COMPOUNDS KUCHARCZK, JED A §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18666512 CCR8 ANTIBODIES FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1674 Other Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2024
18710288 EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR HYPERTENSION PATIENTS PAULS, JOHN A 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending May 15, 2024
18626788 PROCESS FOR PREPARING SUBSTITUTED CYCLOHEXANE AMINO ACID ESTERS AND SPIROKETAL-SUBSTITUTED CYCLIC KETO-ENOLS COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 Other Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18689708 SUBSTITUTED 2,3-DIHYDRO[1,3]THIAZOLO[4,5-B]PYRIDINES, SALTS THEREOF AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18684543 SUBSTITUTED 1,2,4-THIADIAZOLYL NICOTINAMIDES, SALTS OR N-OXIDES THEREOF AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1612 Other Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2024
18293095 USE OF COMPOSITIONS WITH ETHOFUMESATE AND BIXLOZONE IN WHEAT CROPS LOVE, TREVOR M 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jan 29, 2024
18291287 METHOD FOR PREPARING (2,2,2-TRIFLUOROETHYL)SULFANYLANILINE DERIVATIVES CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18580508 AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING THE PART(S) OF AN OBJECT DEPICTED IN ONE OR MORE IMAGES CESE, KENNY A 2663 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18573793 FEDERATED REPRESENTATION LEARNING WITH CONSISTENCY REGULARIZATION STARKS, WILBERT L §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18570761 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ISOXAZOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1624 §112 Final Rejection 86d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18570754 HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CINMETHYLINE AND ETHOFUMESATE VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18570398 (1,4,5-TRISUBSTITUTED-1H-PYRAZOL-3-YL)OXY-2-ALKOXY ALKYL ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES, THEIR SALTS AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDAL AGENTS MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18570473 CHIRAL 3-SULFINYL BENZOIC ACIDS MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1624 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18569059 TYPE V RNA PROGRAMMABLE ENDONUCLEASE SYSTEMS QIAN, CELINE X DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18559323 CHARACTERISING LESIONS IN THE LIVER USING DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE 3798 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 06, 2023
18558931 ALKYLAMIDE SUBSTITUTED, ANNULATED IMIDAZOLES AND USE THEREOF AS INSECTICIDES AULAKH, CHARANJIT 1621 §102 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18551614 PROCESS FOR PREPARING (2Z)-2-(PHENYLIMINO)-1,3-THIAZOLIDINE-4-ONE-SULFOXIDE DERIVATIVES IN AN ENANTIOMERICALLY ENRICHED FORM OH, TAYLOR V 1625 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18281275 MACHINE LEARNING IN THE FIELD OF CONTRAST-ENHANCED RADIOLOGY DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH 2677 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 08, 2023
18549497 CHIRAL N-(1,3,4-OXADIAZOLE-2-YL)PHENYL CARBOXYLIC ACID AMIDES AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDES TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1612 DPOther Final Rejection 70d Pending Sep 07, 2023
18548530 PROCESS FOR PREPARING ALKYL-4-OXOTETRAHYDROFURAN-2-CARBOXYLATE FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES 1626 §112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Aug 31, 2023
18277573 INHIBITORS OF IL-11 OR IL-11Ra FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING ALSOMAIRY, SARAH ABDOALATIF 1646 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18264068 SUBSTITUTED (2-HETEROARYLOXYPHENYL)SULFONATES, SALTS THEREOF AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDAL AGENTS RHOADES, DEREK JAMES 1692 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18258013 USE OF DHODH INHIBITOR FOR CONTROLLING RESISTANT PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI IN CROPS IVANOVA, SVETLANA M 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18256645 SUBSTITUTED PYRAZOLYL PIPERIDINE CARBOXYLIC ACIDS RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1625 Other Final Rejection Pending Jun 09, 2023
18256647 SUBSTITUTED PYRAZOLO PIPERIDINE CARBOXYLIC ACIDS HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 Other Final Rejection 40d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18039554 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MESOSULFURON-METHYL AND TEHP KAMM, JUDITH MARIE 1611 §102 Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2023
18251816 AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED DRIFT, SPREADING AND RAINFASTNESS PROPERTIES MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1612 Other Final Rejection Pending May 04, 2023
18251509 AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED DRIFT, SPREADING AND UPTAKE PROPERTIES ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU 1616 Other Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18032067 SUBSTITUTED ACYL SULFONAMIDES FOR TREATING CANCER HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 DP Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
18134006 PREDICTION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS WITH DESIRED PROPERTIES CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2023
18245594 PYRIDO[2,3-D]PYRIMIDIN-4-AMINES AS SOS1 INHIBITORS TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18182093 ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES (ADCS) HAVING ENZYMATICALLY CLEAVABLE GROUPS HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 DP Final Rejection 120d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18023318 DOSING SCHEDULE FOR A METHOD OF TREATMENT WITH DHODH INHIBITORS LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 1622 §112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 24, 2023
18042466 SUBSTITUTED N-PHENYLURACILS AND SALTS THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF AS HERBICIDAL ACTIVE SUBSTANCES BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2023
18067892 CELL CULTURE METHOD KIPOUROS, HOLLY MICHAELA 1799 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2022
18000370 SELECTIVE HERBICIDES BASED ON SUBSTITUTED ISOXAZOLIN CARBOXAMIDES AND MEFENPYR-DIETHYL PRAGANI, RAJAN 1614 Other Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
17927624 ACTIVE COMPOUND COMBINATIONS HEES, OLIVER DRAGON 1600 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 23, 2022
17926559 AZABICYCLIC(THIO)AMIDES AS FUNGICIDAL COMPOUNDS PAK, JOHN D 1699 Other Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17996816 COMBINATION OF FINERENONE AND A SGLT2 INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND/OR RENAL DISEASES CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 DPOther Final Rejection Pending Oct 21, 2022
17996550 2-(HET)ARYL-SUBSTITUTED CONDENSED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES AS PEST CONTROL AGENTS NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE 1627 Other Non-Final OA 19d Pending Oct 19, 2022
17996231 ACTIVE COMPOUND COMBINATIONS AND FUNGICIDE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THOSE HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 14, 2022
17906035 USE OF OIL BASED SUSPO-EMULSION CONCENTRATES FOR REDUCING DRIFT DURING SPRAY APPLICATION XU, JIANGTIAN 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 09, 2022
17802104 ENCAPSULATED PYRETHROIDS WITH IMPROVED EFFICTIVENESS IN SOIL AND LEAF APPLICATIONS HIRT, ERIN E 1616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 24, 2022
17797406 SPRAY UNIT ZHOU, QINGZHANG 3752 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2022
17860684 METHOD FOR CREATING A RENAL INJURY MODEL TO SCREEN MOLECULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF RENAL INJURY BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN 1618 §103 Final Rejection 79d Pending Jul 08, 2022
17771732 NOVEL HETEROARYL-TRIAZOLE COMPOUNDS AS PESTICIDES RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, VALERIE 1621 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2022
17767018 NOVEL HETEROARYL-TRIAZOLE COMPOUNDS AS PESTICIDES NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE 1627 Other Final Rejection Pending Apr 06, 2022
17762779 NOVEL HETEROARYL-TRIAZOLE COMPOUNDS AS PESTICIDES ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY 1625 DPOther Final Rejection Pending Mar 23, 2022
17633568 PREDICTION OF RESIDUES OF PLANT PROTECTION AGENTS IN HARVESTED PRODUCTS SIMS, JASON M 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 07, 2022
17310754 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REPELLING BIRDS IN CROP PLANTS MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1612 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Aug 20, 2021

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